Iryna Dvoskina Explained

Iryna Dvoskina
Residence:Canberra, Australia
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Coaching:AThletics Australia at Australian Institute of Sport

Iryna Dvoskina (born 22 December 1958) is a Ukraine-born Australian athletics coach who works with Paralympic athletes.

Biography

Being an only child, she came to Australia in 2003 to be closer to her mother Fira (born 20 September 1934), who had moved to Australia in 1996. Her mother has carried on her successful coaching career in New South Wales.[1]

She undertook a four-year coaching degree at university in Ukraine. She was the athletics coach with the Ukrainian Paralympic team from 1995 to 2002. In 2003, she was appointed sprints and jumps coach for Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes. She has been an athletics coach with the Australian team from 2004 Athens Paralympics to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[2]

Coaching Medals at Major Championships

AthleteDisability
Class		Paralympic Games
Medals		World Championships
Medals		Commonwealth Games
Medals
Heath Francis[3] 2004 - 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
2008 - 3 Gold, 1 Bronze		2006 - 3 Gold2006 - 1 Gold
Lisa McIntosh[4] Cerebral palsy
T37		2004 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - -
Amy Winters[5] 2004 - 2 Gold- -
Katrina Webb[6] Cerebral palsy
T38		- - 2006- 1 Gold
Aaron Chatman[7] 2008 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze 2006- 1 Silver -
Christine Wolf[8] Leg amputee
T42		2008 - 1 Gold- -
Evan O'Hanlon[9] Cerebral palsy
T38		2008 - 3 Gold
2012 - 2 Gold
2016 - 1 Silver
2020 - 1 Bronze 		2006 - 2 Gold, 1 Bronze
2011 - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2013 - 3 Gold
2017 - 1 Gold 		2018 - 1 Gold
Brad Scott[10] Cerebral palsy
T37		2008 - 1 Silver
1 Silver, 1 Bronze		2011 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2013 - 1 Silver		-
Scott Reardon[11] 2012 - 1 Silver
2016 - 1 Gold 		2013 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
2015 - 1 Gold
2017 - 1 Gold 		-
Chad Perris[12] Vision impaired
T13		2016 - 1 Bronze 2015 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
2017 - 1 Bronze
2019 - 1 Silver
Vanessa Low[13] Double leg amputee
T61 		2020 - 1 Gold 2019 - 1 Gold-
James Turner[14] 2020 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver 2019 - 2 Gold -
She is regarded as a strict coach due to her intensive training six days a week, careful diets and her attention to detail. She has stated:"[My mother] is the biggest inspiration in my life ... maybe there is some genetics. I love my job and I am doing it with love. I love my guys."[15] Her husband Yuriy Vdovychenko was Paralympic Swimming Coach at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Canberra from 2013 to 2020.[16] [17] [18]

Recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AA Awards and Coach Fira Dvoskina Profile. https://archive.today/20120906223016/http://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=18837. dead. 6 September 2012. Athletics New South Wales News 16 May 2011. 23 May 2012.
  2. Book: Media Guide - Athens 2004 . 2004 . Australian Paralympic Committee . Sydney .
  3. Web site: Heath Francis . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  4. Web site: Lisa McIntosh . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  5. Web site: Amy Winter . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  6. Web site: Katrina Webb . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  7. Web site: [Athletics Australia Historical Results Aaron Chatman ]. 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  8. Web site: Christine Wolf . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  9. Web site: Evan O'Hanlon . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  10. Web site: Brad Scott . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  11. Web site: Scott Reardon . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  12. Web site: Chad Perris . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  13. Web site: Vanessa Low . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  14. Web site: James Turner . 24 May 2022 . Athletics Australia Historical Results.
  15. Web site: Iryna tracks golden success for Australia. Australian Paralympic Committee News, 16 September 2008. 23 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162847/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/iryna-tracks-golden-success-australia. 18 May 2012. dead.
  16. Web site: Coach Profile - Yuriy Vdovychenko. Tuggeraning Vikings Swim Club Website. 23 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317193918/http://www.vikingsswim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231&Itemid=94. 17 March 2012. dead.
  17. Web site: Contact Us. Australian Paralympic Committee Website. 23 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522221325/https://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives. 22 May 2012.
  18. Web site: Swimming Australia Hires Yuriy Vdovychenko as National Training Centre Paralympic Coach. Swimming Australia website. 8 December 2016.
  19. Web site: Six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame. Australian Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. 5 October 2023.
  20. Web site: 13 June 2022 . Australia Day 2021 Honours List . 13 June 2022 . The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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